A new approach to the peer-review process that involves students to cooperate on Trello Board is proposed. Developing a peer-review culture among 1-grade students contribute to preparing highly professional specialists by graduation.
The national project Trinity of Languages announced in Kazakhstan has brought forward multilingual education throughout the country. The project requires the implementation of rigorous learning tools to master the Kazakh, Russian and English languages within trilingualism. An e-dictionary to be used in content and language integrated learning is among modern e-tools promoted in a trilingual school environment. A user-friendly biological e-dictionary will help high school learners grasp fundamental concepts in natural sciences. The article aims to describe how to analyze and systemize the lexicographic material selected for developing a trilingual e-dictionary of biological terms for Kazakhstani school learners. Determining sources of vocabulary chosen was based upon a linguocultural approach, which highlights the cultural aspect embodied in the language, and mind-mapping, which allows deconstructing complex topics graphically. Twenty-eight items were selected to cover the biology school course, which was later analyzed and systemized to consistently present generic and species features via mind-mapping. Then organic unification of the items and compositional parameters of the e-dictionary were determined. The obtained findings show that a linguocultural component is embedded in a trilingual e-dictionary of biological terms that are taken from relevant Kazakh and Russian school textbooks (grades 6–11). The selected items are classified and subject to linguocultural analysis in conceptual groups which may show phytonyms and zoonima. The items are supplied with an adequate linguocultural commentary taken from English-language reference books and websites. The conceptual groups and linguistic analysis are displayed via the mind map Coggle used for the e-dictionary frame formation. The proposed linguocultural component embedded in the edictionary is rare in other existing trilingual e-dictionaries since they focus primarily on lexicographic material and their visual representation. Overall, the trilingual e-dictionary created in mind-mapping software is an effective etool for high school learners to study biological terms with their linguocultural commentaries.
The article is devoted to the application of elements of paleontology in extracurricular activities in English. The language policy of the state, as well as the programs «Tugan Zher» and «Sacred Geography of Kazakhstan» speak in favor of such integration. The authors argue that materials rich in the linguoculturological aspect contribute to the introduction of people to the linguocultures of other ethnic groups within a single state, and also evoke great motivation to learn languages. It has been proven that now-extinct animals, such as mammoths, dinosaurs, and other representatives of zoological species known from archaeological finds, lived on the territory of Kazakhstan. The correct application of these rich materials in the project activities of schoolchildren has the potential to develop an active civic position, as well as linguistic and cultural competencies. The authors refer to the experience of Gareth Dyke, a specialist in paleontology from the UK, and Dmitry Malakhov, a leading researcher at the Department of Remote Sensing of the Earth, JSC «NCKIT», to confirm that elements of paleontology in extracurricular activities in English could also positively affect the expansion of knowledge on such subjects as English and Biology. Thus, the integration of paleontology in extracurricular activities and the study of English in project activities can potentially provide deeper immersion in the culture and history of their country, their motherland
The article examines the semantics and functions of the third person pronouns and the role they play in the novel "Orlando" by Virginia Vulf. It reveals the semantic loading of the pronouns and their influence on the formation of the main character' image. The authors apply quantitative analysis of the pronouns relating to the character Orlando. They come to the conclusion that the pronouns in the novel are not only indicators of gender specifics but also the main means by which the author models the image of the character and brings together all its parts.
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